La Liga Round 37: Barca - Villarreal 2-3

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
What I was saying before the chat closed @KingLeo10
Don't think it's a big deal the starters played. Injuries can happen any time + Barca have an excellent relationship with Real Betis who don't dislike us like a lot of Liga clubs.
Playing bench players when Betis were still challenging Villarreal for a CL spot would not have gone well with them.
 

MonteCuler

Well-known member
What I was saying before the chat closed @KingLeo10
Don't think it's a big deal the starters played. Injuries can happen any time + Barca have an excellent relationship with Real Betis who don't dislike us like a lot of Liga clubs.
Playing bench players when Betis were still challenging Villarreal for a CL spot would not have gone well with them.
Playing some C team and fully expecting to lose is not the mentality of this team, thankfully

No matter the circumstances
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
What I was saying before the chat closed @KingLeo10
Don't think it's a big deal the starters played. Injuries can happen any time + Barca have an excellent relationship with Real Betis who don't dislike us like a lot of Liga clubs.
Playing bench players when Betis were still challenging Villarreal for a CL spot would not have gone well with them.

Injuries can happen at any time, of course.

But Lamine has had a long season, with 5000+ mins played. Why risk him for meaningless games, when we know the really serious injuries like ACL or Achilles happen much more with more mileage/strain.

I'm not finding a convincing answer to this. I'm not saying play only kids. But Lamine needs resting.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Injuries can happen at any time, of course.

But Lamine has had a long season, with 5000+ mins played. Why risk him for meaningless games, when we know the really serious injuries like ACL or Achilles happen much more with more mileage/strain.

I'm not finding a convincing answer to this. I'm not saying play only kids. But Lamine needs resting.

Fair enough with Lamine.

Hope he's benched vs. Athletic.
 

mc_lovin

Senior Member
Don't think Yamal broke a sweat, especially 2nd half, so who cares about him sitting on the bench or not.

Our key players should definitely not travel to Bilbao though.
 

hamidyk

Member
This match once again proved that our top priority for the summer should be buying a goalkeeper. We won't achieve anything next season with Stegen.
 

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